Bearing



May 20 1924.

T. J. MccLusKEY BEARING:

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THOMAS J. MocLUsxEY, or GLOUCESTER, NEW'JERSEY.

BEARING.

Application filed February 20, 1923. Serial No.5620,`185.

To all whom z't may con-cern.'

Be it known that I, TnoisrAs J. MoCLUs- Kur, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloucester', in the county of Camden and State Vof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bearings, more particularly to roller bearings and has for its objects to provide a roller bearing which will reduce friction to a minimum, have comparatively few parts and which is easily assembled.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain' in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan View of a bearing constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 a section on line 2 2 of Figure l,

Figure 3 a see-tion on line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 a view similar to' Figure 2 drawn on a smaller scale illustrating the parts partly separated. i

Referring to the drawings, ly roller bearing includes an outer ring 1 having an inwardly extending flange 2v and an inner ring 3 having an outwardly extending liange,

4. Anrintermediate ring 5 has an out- .wardly extending ange 6 on one end and an inwardly extending flange 7 on the other end. A set of rollers 8 is placed between the intermediate and outer ring and a set 'of rollers 9 between the intermediate and inner ring.

To place my bearing in use a shaft orl vother rotating part is fitted vin the inner ring and the'outer ring is lfixed to a bearing support. A set of rollers 8 is then placed Varound the inside of the outer ring and the' intermediate ring positioned within the set of'rollers 8 so that flanget will barely abut the ends of the rollers. XA set of rollers 9 Y is'thenplaced'within the intermediate ring,

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l and the yshaft with the inner' ringthereon yto a bearing sup ort .prevents lengthwise displacement of t e parts in one direction and the inner ring being fixed to the shaft prevents lengthwise displacement of the parts in the other direction. The flanges on the rings prevent lengthwise displacement of the rollers. The bearing is then ready for use.

When my bearing is in use friction is reduced to a minimum for the reason that binding of the rollers is not likely to occur in the two sets at the same time. The bearing is of especial value when a shaft rotates in one direction and a wheel rotatably mounted on the shaft rotates in the opposite direction, rollers 4 reducing friction of the shaft and rollers 8 reducng friction'of the wheel.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it will be understood that the various parts of my invention maybe changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit, myself to thel precise construction set forth, butconsider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come Within thev scope of 7the appended claims.

Having thus` described my invention, desire to secure end, and rollers between the rings and the 2. A roller bearing including 'an outer ring; an inner ring; an intermediate ring; rollers between the rinus; anges on the, inner and .outer ringaapted to abut one end of the rollers, andanges on the inter? mediate ring adapted to abut thel other end ofthe rollers. i v r 'v vIn testimony whereofjIl havey .signed-my name to this specification in thev presence l. oftwo subscribing witnesses. is placed in position within the set so that" `flange 4 will, `barely abut the ends of the rollers. The bearing parts are thus held in j operative position, the outer ring beingv fixed THOMAS J. MCCLUSKEY.l 'Witnessesl 1 CEAS. E. Por'rs, l ELIzABETrr GAME."

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